On 6/21/2020 12:09 PM, Jeff Findley wrote:
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On 2020-06-19 7:46 PM, Alain Fournier wrote:
Wow, you actually saw the moon missions live. You must be an old man.

Not to mention witnessing, in person, the launch of Columbia on STS-1.

I'm 51, so don't remember Apollo at all. But I do remember STS-1 and
beyond. STS-1 was ground breaking for its time.

When I was in high school our family went to Orlando / Disney World /
Kennedy Space Center for a Christmas holiday one year. It was after
Apollo 17 but before Skylab. There was a bit of a lull at the Cape and
during that time, visitors to KSC got a tour inside the VAB. Something
they stopped doing once shuttle got going because of stacking SRB
segments inside. So that was amazing. The vertical height of the
building and the Florida humidity would combine to cause misting and
even a very light drizzle INSIDE the VAB I remember being told as cooler
air inside condensed water in the warmer air brought in from the
outside. An amazing experience.

Dave